Beelzebubs
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The Beelzebubs, frequently referred to as "The Bubs", are an all-male a cappella
group from Tufts University
that performs a mix of pop, rock, R&B, and other types of music while spreading their motto of "Fun through Song." They have toured in Europe, Asia, and North America, and they competed in NBC's The Sing-Off
in December 2009, finishing in second place.
The group is best known for providing song arrangements and background vocals for the fictional all-male a cappella glee club
"The Dalton Academy Warblers" on the American TV series Glee
, although the Bubs do not play club members on screen. Singles by the Warblers, with series stars Darren Criss
and Chris Colfer
performing lead vocals, have collectively sold over 1.3 million copies through March 2011. Due to their popularity, a full soundtrack album of the Warblers songs was released April 19, 2011 as Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers
.
by John Milton
. They were first seen at the Tufts annual Winter Sing in December 1962, and by May 1964 they had already performed with the Boston Pops and recorded their first album.
As the Bubs' reputation grew, so did their repertoire. During the 1970s, they began adding popular music to the barbershop, doo-wop, gospel, and jazz standards so commonly associated with a cappella. The group flourished due to a successful and active alumni association, which helped them stay strong in a time when many other student organizations at Tufts suffered. Each year the Bubs' performance schedule has grown; at this point, the group has over 80 gigs per year. High demand for the group's talent has led to a substantial increase in the number of performances and subsequent increase in travel. The Bubs have toured in Europe (England, France, the Netherlands, Greece, and Turkey), Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore), and North America (Mexico, Canada, and the United States including Hawaii and Alaska). They’ve performed for many high-profile personalities such as Presidents Clinton
and Obama
, Sen. Hillary Clinton
, and Gov. Bill Richardson. In 1999, the group made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman
and performed at Fenway Park
for the crowd at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game
.
In the past 20 years the Bubs have been pioneers in contemporary collegiate a cappella introducing numerous musical and production advancements to the genre. The 1991 album Foster St. abandoned a more traditional methodology and introduced a new style of arranging to capture the driving force of contemporary popular music – especially with the addition of vocal percussion
(all but unheard of in collegiate a cappella to that point). Over a decade later, the Bubs continue to innovate and their 2003 album Code Red wowed audiences with its sophisticated level of production and left listeners openly wondering if the recording truly consisted only of voices (which it did). Two years later, the Bubs' CD Shedding swept the CARA awards for collegiate male a cappella winning best album, best soloist, best arrangement, and best song. Currently, the Bubs have recorded 26 studio and 3 live albums, and have won numerous awards for performance and recording.
television program The Sing-Off
, which aired in December 2009. The Bubs were selected amongst hundreds of groups to compete. Having survived cuts by the judges in each of the first three shows, the Beelzebubs appeared in the finals on December 21, 2009, finishing second to Nota
from Puerto Rico
. The competition's prize was $100,000 and a recording contract with Epic Records
/Sony Music, and was determined by viewer voting.
According to The New York Times
. The Bubs Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization founded in 1991 by Beelzebubs alumni to "awaken in young people a passion for expression and learning through music". The organization consists of alumni and friends of the Beelzebubs dedicated to the Bubs Foundation mission to raise money for the music programs of Boston-area public schools. So far the Foundation has donated over $50,000 in grants to 60 area music programs.
The Bubs were featured on the MTV
show My Super Sweet 16
.
With over 250 members around the world, The Beelzebubs celebrated their 45-year anniversary in May 2008 with a weekend celebration.
The Bubs provided arrangement and background vocals for ten a cappella covers in the second season of the TV series Glee
, all of which were released as singles, starting with Katy Perry
's "Teenage Dream
", with lead vocals by Darren Criss
, which aired in the episode "Never Been Kissed
" on November 9, 2010. The single had sales of 214,000 copies in its first week, the most of any Glee single in the show's history, and reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100
; it has since been certified a gold record in the US. Additional covers include Train
's "Hey, Soul Sister
"), Destiny's Child
's "Bills, Bills, Bills
", Robin Thicke
's "When I Get You Alone
", "Animal
", P!nk
's "Raise Your Glass
", and Maroon 5
's "Misery
". The ten covers, plus two others recorded with the Bubs that did not appear on the show, were included on an album, Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers
, which was released on April 19, 2011, and debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200
, selling 86,000 copies in its first week. A thirteenth song on the album by the Warblers did not involve the Bubs: "Blackbird
" by The Beatles
was covered by Chris Colfer with other background vocalists. The last cover to air during the season was Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know", which was broadcast during the episode "Born This Way
", which first aired on April 26, 2011, and is included on the Warblers album.
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
group from Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
that performs a mix of pop, rock, R&B, and other types of music while spreading their motto of "Fun through Song." They have toured in Europe, Asia, and North America, and they competed in NBC's The Sing-Off
The Sing-Off
The Sing-Off is an American television singing competition featuring a cappella groups. It premiered on NBC on December 14, 2009, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television....
in December 2009, finishing in second place.
The group is best known for providing song arrangements and background vocals for the fictional all-male a cappella glee club
Glee club
A glee club is a musical group or choir group, historically of male voices but also of female or mixed voices, which traditionally specializes in the singing of short songs—glees—by trios or quartets. In the late 19th Century it was very popular in most schools and was made a tradition...
"The Dalton Academy Warblers" on the American TV series Glee
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
, although the Bubs do not play club members on screen. Singles by the Warblers, with series stars Darren Criss
Darren Criss
Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee...
and Chris Colfer
Chris Colfer
Christopher Paul "Chris" Colfer is an American actor and singer known for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television series Glee, for which he won a 2011 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and was also nominated twice for an Emmy...
performing lead vocals, have collectively sold over 1.3 million copies through March 2011. Due to their popularity, a full soundtrack album of the Warblers songs was released April 19, 2011 as Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers
Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers
Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers is the seventh soundtrack album by the cast of Glee, a musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States. Released through Columbia Records on April 19, 2011, it contains thirteen covers: eleven accompanying performances from the...
.
History
The Beelzebubs were originally named "Jumbo's Disciples" after the Tufts University mascot, but quickly shed this name and adopted the name "Beelzebubs", a reference from the epic poem Paradise LostParadise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse...
by John Milton
John Milton
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
. They were first seen at the Tufts annual Winter Sing in December 1962, and by May 1964 they had already performed with the Boston Pops and recorded their first album.
As the Bubs' reputation grew, so did their repertoire. During the 1970s, they began adding popular music to the barbershop, doo-wop, gospel, and jazz standards so commonly associated with a cappella. The group flourished due to a successful and active alumni association, which helped them stay strong in a time when many other student organizations at Tufts suffered. Each year the Bubs' performance schedule has grown; at this point, the group has over 80 gigs per year. High demand for the group's talent has led to a substantial increase in the number of performances and subsequent increase in travel. The Bubs have toured in Europe (England, France, the Netherlands, Greece, and Turkey), Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore), and North America (Mexico, Canada, and the United States including Hawaii and Alaska). They’ve performed for many high-profile personalities such as Presidents Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
and Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
, Sen. Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...
, and Gov. Bill Richardson. In 1999, the group made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...
and performed at Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
for the crowd at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
.
In the past 20 years the Bubs have been pioneers in contemporary collegiate a cappella introducing numerous musical and production advancements to the genre. The 1991 album Foster St. abandoned a more traditional methodology and introduced a new style of arranging to capture the driving force of contemporary popular music – especially with the addition of vocal percussion
Vocal percussion
Vocal percussion is the art of creating sounds with one's mouth that approximate, imitate, or otherwise serve the same purpose as a percussion instrument, whether in a group of singers, an instrumental ensemble, or solo.-In Western music:...
(all but unheard of in collegiate a cappella to that point). Over a decade later, the Bubs continue to innovate and their 2003 album Code Red wowed audiences with its sophisticated level of production and left listeners openly wondering if the recording truly consisted only of voices (which it did). Two years later, the Bubs' CD Shedding swept the CARA awards for collegiate male a cappella winning best album, best soloist, best arrangement, and best song. Currently, the Bubs have recorded 26 studio and 3 live albums, and have won numerous awards for performance and recording.
The Sing-Off
The Beelzebubs were one of eight vocal groups featured on the NBCNBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
television program The Sing-Off
The Sing-Off
The Sing-Off is an American television singing competition featuring a cappella groups. It premiered on NBC on December 14, 2009, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television....
, which aired in December 2009. The Bubs were selected amongst hundreds of groups to compete. Having survived cuts by the judges in each of the first three shows, the Beelzebubs appeared in the finals on December 21, 2009, finishing second to Nota
Nota (group)
Nota is an a cappella group of six male vocalists from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The group met in 1994 and started singing together occasionally. The group won the first season of the musical competition The Sing-Off.-Biography:...
from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. The competition's prize was $100,000 and a recording contract with Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
/Sony Music, and was determined by viewer voting.
According to The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
-
- The Beelzebubs ... used the superstar-medley round to spring a surprise. Their choice of superstars was The Who, but they did not begin their number with any of the obvious rockers from that group's repertory; instead they served up a slow, haunting "Behind Blue Eyes."
Performances and results
| Episode/Theme | Song choice | Original artist | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere | "Magical Mystery Tour Magical Mystery Tour (song) "Magical Mystery Tour" is a song by The Beatles, the opening track and theme song for the album, double EP and TV film of the same name. Unlike the theme songs for their other film projects, it was not released as a single.-Composition:... " |
The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr... |
Advanced |
| Big Hits | "Right Round Right Round “Right Round” is a song performed by American rapper Flo Rida featuring pop singer Kesha from R.O.O.T.S., his second studio album. It was released to radio as the album's lead single on January 27, 2009 and was digitally released on February 10 by Poe Boy Entertainment and Atlantic Records... " |
Flo Rida Flo Rida Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida , is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from... |
Advanced |
| Guilty Pleasures | "Come Sail Away Come Sail Away "Come Sail Away" is a song by American progressive rock group Styx, featured on the band's seventh album The Grand Illusion . Upon its release as the lead single from the album, "Come Sail Away" charted at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, and helped The Grand Illusion achieve multi-platinum... " |
Styx Styx (band) Styx is an American rock band that became famous for its albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Chicago band is known for melding the style of prog-rock with the power of hard rock guitar, strong ballads, and elements of American musical theater.... |
Advanced |
| Superstar Medley | Various | The Who The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction... |
Advanced |
| Judges' choice | "Sweet Caroline Sweet Caroline "Sweet Caroline" is a pop song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single. It was later released on December 9, 1972 as a part of Diamond's Hot August Night album. There are three distinct mixes of this song... " |
Neil Diamond Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present.... |
Runner Up |
The Bubs Foundation
The Beelzebubs are also proud of their continuing commitment to give back to the community through the Bubs FoundationBubs Foundation
The Bubs Foundation, Inc. is a 501, not-for-profit organization created by alumni of the Beelzebubs to "awaken in young people a passion for expression and learning through music"...
. The Bubs Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization founded in 1991 by Beelzebubs alumni to "awaken in young people a passion for expression and learning through music". The organization consists of alumni and friends of the Beelzebubs dedicated to the Bubs Foundation mission to raise money for the music programs of Boston-area public schools. So far the Foundation has donated over $50,000 in grants to 60 area music programs.
Recent and upcoming events
In late April 2009, the Bubs released their newest CD, entitled Play The Game, to much critical acclaim. The Bubs previous release (April 27, 2007) was their highly acclaimed and award-winning twenty-fifth studio album, titled Pandaemonium. Tracks from this album have been selected for Best of Collegiate A Cappella, Sing 4: Good Medicine, and Voices Only 2008. The album also received a perfect score from the Recorded A cappella Review Board. Like Shedding before it, Pandaemonium also swept the four all-male categories of the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award, including Best Album, Best Song, Best Solo and Best Arrangement.The Bubs were featured on the MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
show My Super Sweet 16
My Super Sweet 16
My Super Sweet 16 is an MTV reality series documenting the lives of teenagers, usually in the United States, Canada and UK, who usually have wealthy parents that throw huge coming of age celebrations. Parties include the quinceañera , the sweet 16, and other birthdays including a My Super Sweet 21 ...
.
With over 250 members around the world, The Beelzebubs celebrated their 45-year anniversary in May 2008 with a weekend celebration.
The Bubs provided arrangement and background vocals for ten a cappella covers in the second season of the TV series Glee
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
, all of which were released as singles, starting with Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
's "Teenage Dream
Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)
"Teenage Dream" is a song by American recording artist Katy Perry. It was released as the second single from her third studio album of the same name on July 23, 2010 through digital distribution. Perry and Bonnie McKee wrote many songs with a youthful theme in mind, but they were rejected by...
", with lead vocals by Darren Criss
Darren Criss
Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee...
, which aired in the episode "Never Been Kissed
Never Been Kissed
Never Been Kissed is a 1999 comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, John C. Reilly, Jessica Alba, Marley Shelton, James Franco , Giuseppe Andrews, Jeremy Jordan and Garry Marshall...
" on November 9, 2010. The single had sales of 214,000 copies in its first week, the most of any Glee single in the show's history, and reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
; it has since been certified a gold record in the US. Additional covers include Train
Train (band)
Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1994. The band currently comprises a core trio of Patrick Monahan , Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood ....
's "Hey, Soul Sister
Hey, Soul Sister
"Hey, Soul Sister" is a song by the American rock band Train, written by Patrick Monahan, Amund Bjørklund, and Espen Lind. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Save Me, San Francisco. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is their highest...
"), Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme...
's "Bills, Bills, Bills
Bills, Bills, Bills
"Bills, Bills, Bills" is a 1999 hit single by Destiny's Child, released as the first single from their second album The Writing's on the Wall. It echoed the female empowerment sentiments of TLC's single "No Scrubs", and featured the same producer and songwriter...
", Robin Thicke
Robin Thicke
Robin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...
's "When I Get You Alone
When I Get You Alone
"When I Get You Alone" is the first single by American singer Robin Thicke, released in 2002. It was originally to be featured on his debut album Cherry Blue Skies, before being placed on a revamped version of the album and his first released studio album A Beautiful World.-Writing and...
", "Animal
Animal (Neon Trees song)
"Animal" is the lead single from Neon Trees' debut album Habits. It debuted at #100 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has reached a current peak of #13 in its 22nd week on the chart. In Canada, the song debuted at number 95 on the Canadian Hot 100 and has climbed to No. 29...
", P!nk
P!nk
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
's "Raise Your Glass
Raise Your Glass
"Raise Your Glass" is a song by American recording artist and songwriter Pink, released as the lead single of her first compilation album, Greatest Hits... So Far!!!...
", and Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
's "Misery
Misery (Maroon 5 song)
"Misery" is a song by American band Maroon 5. It was released on June 22, 2010 by A&M/Octone Records via the iTunes Store. The song was released in advance of the band's mid-2010 tour, and is the first single from their third studio album, Hands All Over, which was released on September 21,...
". The ten covers, plus two others recorded with the Bubs that did not appear on the show, were included on an album, Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers
Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers
Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers is the seventh soundtrack album by the cast of Glee, a musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States. Released through Columbia Records on April 19, 2011, it contains thirteen covers: eleven accompanying performances from the...
, which was released on April 19, 2011, and debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, selling 86,000 copies in its first week. A thirteenth song on the album by the Warblers did not involve the Bubs: "Blackbird
Blackbird (song)
"Blackbird" is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles . Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney.-Origins:...
" by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
was covered by Chris Colfer with other background vocalists. The last cover to air during the season was Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know", which was broadcast during the episode "Born This Way
Born This Way (Glee)
"Born This Way" is the eighteenth episode of the second season of the American television series Glee, and the 40th episode overall. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 26, 2011. The episode was written by Brad Falchuk and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, and is a tribute to...
", which first aired on April 26, 2011, and is included on the Warblers album.
Notable members
- Peter GallagherPeter GallagherPeter Killian Gallagher is an American actor, musician and writer. Since 1980, Gallagher has played many roles in numerous Hollywood films. He starred as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series The O.C. from 2003 to 2007...
, actor. - Adam GardnerAdam GardnerAdam Seth Gardner is a guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs...
, musician in the alternative rock band GusterGusterGuster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1991, the group is known for its live performances and humor, founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel came about to begin practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford,...
. - Jean MayerJean MayerJean Mayer was a renowned French-American nutritionist and the tenth president of Tufts University from 1976 to 1992...
, honorary member, hunger activist and former President of Tufts University. - Deke SharonDeke SharonDeke Sharon is an American singer, arranger, composer, director, producer and teacher of a cappella music, and is one of the leaders of the contemporary a cappella community and a pioneer of the contemporary a cappella style, referred to as "the father of contemporary a cappella" by some...
, a cappella enthusiast and founder of the Contemporary A Cappella SocietyContemporary A Cappella SocietyThe Contemporary A Cappella Society , or CASA, is a 501 charitable organization dedicated to fostering and promoting a cappella music of all styles around the world. CASA was cofounded in 1991 by Deke Sharon by incorporating the first a cappella directory, The List, founded in 1988 & distributed...
of America
Awards
| Year | Presenter | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Won, "Play the Game" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Won, Alexander Koutzoukis, "All the Love in the World" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Won, "Who Are You Who Are You (song) "Who Are You", composed by Pete Townshend, is the title track on The Who's 1978 release, Who Are You, the last album released before drummer Keith Moon's death in September 1978. It was released as a double-A sided single with the John Entwistle composition "Had Enough", also featured on the album... " |
||
| A cappella Community Awards of CASA | Favorite Male Collegiate Group | Won | |
| Favorite Collegiate Album | Won, "Play the Game" | ||
| Favorite Vocal Percussionist | Runner Up, Alexander Koutzoukis | ||
| Favorite Medley | Runner Up, "The Who Medley" | ||
| 2008 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Won, "Pandaemonium" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Won, Ed Boyer, "Digging in the Dirt" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Won (Tie), "Magical Mystery Tour Magical Mystery Tour (song) "Magical Mystery Tour" is a song by The Beatles, the opening track and theme song for the album, double EP and TV film of the same name. Unlike the theme songs for their other film projects, it was not released as a single.-Composition:... " |
||
| Best All-Male Collegiate Soloist | Won, Andrew Savini, "When I Get You Alone" | ||
| 2006 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Won, "Shedding" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Won, Travis Marshall, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Won, "Let's Get It Started Let's Get It Started "Let's Get It Started", , appears on The Black Eyed Peas' 2003 album Elephunk. It is the fourth single from the album... " |
||
| Best All-Male Collegiate Soloist | Won, Andrew Savini, "Epiphany" | ||
| A cappella Community Awards of CASA | Favorite Male Group in the Nation | Won | |
| 2005 | A cappella Community Awards of CASA | Favorite Male Group in the Nation | Won |
| 2004 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Runner Up, "Code Red" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Runner Up, Ed Boyer, "Hot in Herre" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Nominated, "Take Me Home" | ||
| 2002 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Runner-Up, "Next" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Won, Ed Boyer, "Bills, Bills, Bills" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate Soloist | Nominated, Isaac Brody, “Disco Inferno” | ||
| 2000 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Won, "Infinity" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Won, "That’s the Way" | ||
| 1998 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Nominated, Danny Lichtenfield, "I am the Walrus" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Won, "Sledgehammer" from Id | ||
| 1997 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Runner Up, Todd Herzog, "Shape of my Heart" from Drift |
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Runner Up, "With or Without You" | ||
| 1996 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Won, “Gilding” |
| Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Won, Danny Lichtenfield "Blood of Eden" | ||
| 1995 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Won, Todd Herzog, "Hey You" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Runner Up, "Hey You" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate Soloist | Runner Up, Matt Trowbridge, “The Water is Wide" | ||
| 1994 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Won, "Vince" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Runner Up, Gardner & Herzog, "Sympathy for the Devil" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Won, "Mercy Street" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate Soloist | Won, Todd Herzog | ||
| 1992 | Contemporary a cappella Recording Awards of CASA | Best All-Male Collegiate Album | Won, "Foster Street" |
| Best All-Male Collegiate arrangement | Won, Deke Sharon Deke Sharon Deke Sharon is an American singer, arranger, composer, director, producer and teacher of a cappella music, and is one of the leaders of the contemporary a cappella community and a pioneer of the contemporary a cappella style, referred to as "the father of contemporary a cappella" by some... , "Comfortably Numb/Brain Damage" |
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| Best All-Male Collegiate song | Won, "Rio" | ||
| Best All-Male Collegiate Soloist | Won, Todd Herzog |
Albums
- Brothers in Song (1964)
- Sing On (1965)
- Signin' In (1966)
- Something Old, Something New (1968)
- The White Album (1972)
- The Blue Album (1974)
- Ballou Hall (1977)
- Pub (1979)
- Therapy (1981)
- Score (1983)
- Clue (1985)
- Lost (1987)
- Fourteen (1989)
- BWI I (1990)
- Foster Street (1991)
- BWI II (1992)
- Vince (1993)
- House (1994)
- Gilding (1995)
- Drift (1996)
- Id (1997)
- Jade (1998)
- Infinity (1999)
- Next (2001)
- Punch (2002)
- Code Red (2003)
- Shedding (2005)
- Pandæmonium (2007)
- Play The Game (2009)
- Glee: The Music Presents the WarblersGlee: The Music Presents the WarblersGlee: The Music Presents the Warblers is the seventh soundtrack album by the cast of Glee, a musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States. Released through Columbia Records on April 19, 2011, it contains thirteen covers: eleven accompanying performances from the...
(2011) - BATTLE (2011)